Nintendo’s Philosophy: Lateral Thinking with Withered Technology (2015)

Re:Nintendo’s Philosophy: Lateral Thinking with Withered Tec... by elpatoisthebest on Monday April 06, 2020 @10:59AM (#22794304)

So, I have an 8 year old. The switch is probably the most fun couch gaming we can do together. We also have an xbox and a pc for games, and we usually ignore them both in favor of Nintendo exclusives. Pokemon, BOTW, Smash Bros.

It's honestly a really good co-op couch experience. And when we go on road trips, it's better than the days when we would load up a fat crt tv in my parent's van and plug in the SNES.

Also, if I'm working in my office, he can bring the switch into the room with me and play while I work. Portable is nice.

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Re:Nintendo’s Philosophy: Lateral Thinking with Withered Tec... by throwaway17_17 on Monday April 06, 2020 @11:07AM (#22794392)

Are you me from the future? I could have posted this exact same comment and have it been true for my 10 and 4 year olds. And while I admit I may be suffering from nostalgia, but I have super great memories of playing SNES in my parents can on trips.

I do most of my non-kid time gaming on my pc, but I think the Switch is a great console.

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Re:Nintendo’s Philosophy: Lateral Thinking with Withered Tec... by deepakhj on Monday April 06, 2020 @12:56PM (#22795361)

Sure for kids the switch can’t be beat. But the best games are all on Sony (some on PC too) Witcher 3, horizon zero down, god of war, uncharted 4, the last of us, persona 5, nier automata, assassins creed oddysey, red dead redemption 2, Spider-Man, etc.

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Re:Nintendo’s Philosophy: Lateral Thinking with Withered Tec... by throwaway17_17 on Monday April 06, 2020 @01:43PM (#22795893)

Your list, with the exception of Persona 5 and somewhat Nier, are all games in the same, 3rd-person-open-world-AAA action/adventure genre. Claiming that ‘the best games’ are all one only one platform and that they are all in the exact same genre says much more about personal preference than the quality of game play experience on various consoles and PC.

— Edited a typo —

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Re:Nintendo’s Philosophy: Lateral Thinking with Withered Tec... by elpatoisthebest on Wednesday April 08, 2020 @09:46AM (#22812892)

Rereading my comment, I see that I underplayed how important the portability of the switch is to me.

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Re:Nintendo’s Philosophy: Lateral Thinking with Withered Tec... by LiquidSky on Monday April 06, 2020 @02:55PM (#22796653)

You seem to be confusing your opinion with fact here.

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